Makua Surname
Approximately 16,065 people bear this surname
Makua Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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South Africa | 14,007 | 1:3,868 | 514 |
DR Congo | 1,040 | 1:71,038 | 8,316 |
Tanzania | 415 | 1:127,570 | 11,995 |
Papua New Guinea | 229 | 1:35,606 | 4,235 |
United States | 189 | 1:1,917,772 | 124,288 |
Kenya | 44 | 1:1,049,543 | 34,647 |
Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makua (628) may also be a first name.
Makua Demographics
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Makua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Makua (Arabic: مكوا, Hindi: मकुआ, Marathi: मकुआ, Oriya: ମକୁଆ, Russian: Макуа) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Makua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,059th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 453,629 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Makua are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Makua is also the 332,375th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 628 people.
Makua is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 14,007 people, or 1 in 3,868. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 43 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 24 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
Makua Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Makua surname are 35.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.64% registered with the political party.
The amount Makua earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.03% less than the national average, earning R 133,008 per year and in United States they earn 11.28% more than the national average, earning $48,015 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makua Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Makua in the Hindi language | ||
मकुआ | maku'a | - |
Makua in the Marathi language | ||
मकुआ | maku'a | - |
Makua in the Oriya language | ||
ମକୁଆ | maku'a | 94.44 |
ମାକୁଆ | maku'a | 5.56 |
Makua in the Russian language | ||
Макуа | makua | - |
Makua in the Arabic language | ||
مكوا | mkwa | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Makua
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